Stamford to Test Nursing Home and Senior Living Facility Workers for COVID-19

Published April 23, 2020•Updated on April 23, 2020 at 3:20 pm

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Nursing homes have been hit hard by the COVID-19
pandemic and the city of Stamford has made arrangements to test asymptomatic
healthcare workers at nursing homes, including Cassena Care, Edgehill Health
Center, Long Ridge Post-Acute Care, St. Camillus Center and The Villa, as well
as assisted care facilities across the city.

“This testing is part of the City’s larger initiative to
provide testing for essential workers on the frontlines fighting this virus,” Stamford
Mayor David Martin said in a statement. “Workers at these institutions take
care of the most vulnerable residents in our community. This expansion of
testing will not only help protect these workers and their families, it will
also help protect the residents and their families.”

Quest Diagnostics and Sema4 Labs will process the nasal
swabs and staff member will get results within 48 hours.